Friday, April 5, 2013

36 people have reportedly been killed in a major road accident in southern Nigeria.The Federal Road Safety Corps said. 36 people – not the 62 it announced earlier died on the spot in a major road crash on the Benin-Ore expressway, Friday afternoon.

The road crash involved a bus, a Petrol tanker and a Lorry. The petrol tanker exploded after the collision, and most of the victims were reportedly on board the bus.The crash occured at about 1:00 p.m. on Friday, at Ugboguii Village on the Benin-Ore express road.